"I spent 1 1/2 hours sifting through one large box. ...": Diaries as information behavior of the archives user: Lessons learned

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 53, Issue 14, 2002, Pages 1232-1238

  Toms, Elaine G ^a   Duff, Wendy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; HISTORY; INFORMATION USE; STUDENTS;

ARCHIVES; DIARIES; INFORMATION BEHAVIOR;

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL;

EID: 0036931042     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.10165     Document Type: Article

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